SAPPORO — More than a century of postseason baseball has taught us many things, including this somewhat conspicuous lesson: A guy who struggles in the regular season suddenly can delivered a bigger, better effort during the playoffs.
Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige, seen smacking a preseason homer in 2004, entered the Japan Series
with 10 hits in 19 playoff at-bats.
KYODO PHOTOFor the Chunichi Dragons, veteran catcher Motonobu Tanishige has done this in 2007.
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